National Republican., 1887-08-25
MISERABL bad FIELDIN :.
HOW THE wAslINGToNs AIDED THE
DETROITS IN RUN GETTING.
Keefee Rnppcars In the Box-rhe Vol.
verincs smite Hard Little support
Given Him by the Nine Fine Racing
mt Ivy CITY.

An avalanche Of hits aud multitude OF
errors are mainly responsible for the terrlfi
tiouncipg suffered by the WashiugtonS at
the hand OF the Detrolts yesterday. Myers
distinguished himself by playing game at
second base OF which blind man would be
ashamed, and he was ably assisted In his
error. making by several others OF the home
team. Mr.. Myers was. however, the par
tlcularly brilliant genius Of the diamond,
and his errors In feldiDg were equilcd by
bis correspondingly fagraut errors OF judg-
mtnt. Twice In the first Inning, when he
handled the ball clean, he might have cut
of ruus at the home plate aud thus dimn'
ish the score, but he very considerably
waited for O'Brien TO recover him self from
attempts to field the ball, and got the man
at first instead of fielding 1t home and saw
irg the run. At intermittent streaks dur
irg the game he performed similarly bright
pirouettes Of Judgment, and won the de-
rIslve yells Of the spectators.
Young Keefe, after pilgrimage through
Connecticut and the southern tier OF New
York state counties, returned to Washing
ton Tuesday, and was warmly greeted by
Manager Gqfrney aud President Hewett
To demonstrate their effusiye delight at
his return II was decided to pitch him In
this game. Arrayed in the gorgeous uui'
fOim recently purchased by the Senator'S
he iotk lis place In the box, aud the big
battcrs OF the city Of the giants compia
Gently smiled as they perceived an opp n
iunity Of making big hitting records aud
showing themselves TO the front OF the bat
,irg pfoct ssion OF the League.
An analysis OF the game is useless. 1t
wos simply slug the ball and score. lt
seemed lust as easy for the Deiroits to bang
out sir glcs doubles aud triples US it was to
walk across the diamond. Keefe pitches
| left handed, and the big batters Of Detroit
| hit The same way. Carroll, Hines, and
| Daily had more active sprinting exercise
| yesterday than has been accorded them
| this year Richardson, Brouthers, Thomp
son, Rowe, White, Twltchell, and IIinlon
| lighted on the young man almost at will,
and viciously drove the ball where thsy
| pleased. Occasionally the ball won get
| into Myerss territory, whereupon he would
| proceed either to tumble 1t or to field IL
| lust where it would do the least good.
| Donnelly made two brilliant plays In the
fifth inning, stopping really hard hit balls
| In splendid style, and fielding them magniti-
| Gently TO first, getting his man in each case.
| He made some coDpensating errors, how
| ever, just to keep up with the procession.
Gruber pitched for the Detroits, and
| proved q puzzler. A few scattered hits
were made of his delivery, but he held the
| Wasbingtons down so well they proved oi
| little benefit to the team. The fielding oi
the Detroits was excellent.
| Daniels again umpired in splendid style
His work here in the last three games was
as nesr perfection as 1t Is possible for u
man to get. On balls, strikes, and bast
decisions his Judgment is excellent. Hi
decisions are given promptly, and he keeps
the players well under control. In to-day
game with the Indianapolis the Statesmen
will present Whitney and Mack as thei
battery. The score: